Dabro,

I purposely avoided that question.  _Running through the Tall Grass_, by
the way, is also a wonderful 1997 novel by a superb linguist, Talmy
Givon, which you can get incredibly cheaply from Amazon.

Herb

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 Herb, Who was "running through the  tall grass"? Peace, David  --- On
Wed 08/30, Stahlke, Herbert F.W. < [log in to unmask] > wrote:From:
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Re: Grammar CertificationYour example raises the question of what should
be on such a test, whichgets us right back to the question of what a
grammar curriculum shouldcover. The guard saw the escapee running
through the tall grass."Running through the tall grass" here can be
either an adjective clauseor an object complement, although I find the
OC interpretation moreobvious. If I front the participial phrase,
Running through the tall grass, the guard saw the escapee, it becomes
adverbial. But we're still back to the question of what people should
know if theyare to know grammar.Herb-----Original Message-----From:
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Grammar[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil 

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